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NH Senate committee chairs named

Following his re-election to be New Hampshire Senate president on Wednesday, Peter Bragdon, R-Milford, announced who would chair committees for the upcoming session.

Despite the fact that Republicans hold just a 13-to-11 seat majority, Republicans will chair every committee. In recent years there has been one committee chaired by a member of the minority party.

The finance committee will be the most powerful in 2013 as the Senate takes up the next two-year budget. Chuck Morse, R-Salem, will continue to chair the finance committee, which is interesting given that he is a big proponent of expanded gambling, a topic that could dominate Concord next year.